What is the difference between Lingcao and vanilla?

The grass row is a perennial herb with a plant height of 40-150 cm, fragrant roots, light taste and warm nature. it is an important raw material of domestic solid herbal wine. The spirit grass generally refers to the spirit vanilla, which is a perennial herb with a height of 20-60 cm and a strong aroma after drying. Vanilla is an erect shrub, 25-60 cm high, densely covered with puberulent hairs.

First, the introduction of Lingcao and vanilla.

Spirit grass:

1. Distribution: Lingcao is distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan. Like a cool, humid environment, grow well under a broad-leaved forest with a relative humidity of 60-80%, and the suitable growth temperature is 5-30 ℃. The soil is required to be loose, grayish black or brownish black.

two。 Growth environment: born in humus soil by streams and forests in valleys, 8-1700 m above sea level.

3. Value: (1) after the whole grass is dried, it can prevent insects and extract essence, and it can be used as spice for processing tobacco and cosmetics; it is also used for medicine; it is used to treat colds and headaches, toothache, chest tightness and abdominal distension, and to ward off ascariasis. (2) it can be used for medicine and has the effect of dispelling wind and cold and eliminating filth and turbidity. Treat typhoid, cold and headache, chest and abdomen fullness, lower abdomen, spermatorrhea, nasal congestion, toothache. (3) it is a kind of spice commonly used in spicy hot pot and brine, and the dosage is 3-5 grams, which has the effect of increasing flavor.

Row the grass:

1. Distribution: the prairie is wild in Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar. Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian and other places are distributed in China.

two。 Growth environment: grass row is born in the mixed wood forest at an altitude of about 1600 meters, which likes to be moist and shady. Several plants grow in clusters and grow in pieces.

3. Value: (1) it is often used to dispel wind and dehumidification, relieve pain, regulate menstruation, detoxify, treat cold, cough, rheumatism, abdominal distension, irregular menstruation, furuncle, snake bite. (2) the essence made from grass row can be used in tobacco industry and oriental cosmetics. As a kind of spice, grass row is widely used in spicy hot pot and brine.

Vanilla:

1. Distribution: mainly growing in humid areas of eastern Europe and Taiwan.

two。 Value: (1) as garden plants and health vegetables. (2) processing many kinds of flavor products such as health care fragrant tea, sachet, pillow, extract essence and so on.

The above is the introduction of the difference between spirit grass, grass row and vanilla. I hope I can help you.